Oriental House Rat vs Triangle Floater

Rattus tanezumi compared with Alasmidonta undulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Triangle Floater
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Unionida (Unionida)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Unionidae
Genus	Rattus	Alasmidonta
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Alasmidonta undulata

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Triangle Floater share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Triangle Floater

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Triangle Floater
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).

Triangle Floater

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.